Arnold Reimann

Born in Bütow on October 10, 1870, Arnold Friedrich Siegfried Reimann went on to build a career in Berlin as a teacher of German and history, later serving in senior school leadership roles, including as a city school official and headmaster. He earned a doctorate in Berlin in 1900 with a study of the Pirckheimer family.

Reimann published many textbooks for German and history classes, and his books were written to guide students' reading and cultural education. A surviving example is Gemälde und ihre Meister, a work that introduces readers to famous paintings and painters and tries to awaken a sense of artistic appreciation.

At the same time, accounts of his career note a strong nationalist bent in his history teaching and textbook writing. Later scholars and reference sources describe him as an important figure in the politicization of school history in Germany during the years around the rise of National Socialism. He died on June 2, 1938.